Preparation
Our fish preparation guide explains the different cuts and portions we can prepare as part of your order.
Butterfly fillet
Smaller, whole fish can be prepared by removing the head and cutting through either the back or belly side of the fish. The two small fillets remain joined along one side, creating a butterfly fillet when opened.
Types of Fish: herring, mackerel, rainbow trout, sardines, sea bass, whiting
Canoed fillet
The fish is gutted and filleted through the back with the head is left on. This leaves a ‘canoe’ style fillet, ideal for filling.
Types of Fish: herring, mackerel, rainbow trout
Fillet
Fillets are the most commonly used cut. The fish is taken off the bone to create a fillet which is then pin-boned. Fillets cut from larger fish can subsequently be cut into portions also known as supremes.
Types of Fish: cod, brill, dabs, Dover sole, gurnards, herring, lemon sole, megrim sole, monkfish, plaice, pollock, rainbow trout, salmon, sardines, sea bass, whiting
Goujons
Goujons are small strips cut from a fillet lengthways. These are usually prepared by coating and frying. Typically produced from white fish.
Types of Fish: cod, lemon sole, ling, plaice, pollock, whiting
Loins
Loins are cut from large fish. Typically, large loins will be cut into boneless suprêmes.
Types of Fish: monkfish, swordfish, tuna
Pin boned
Once a fish is filleted it may still contain tiny bones (pin bones). These can be removed by machine or more traditionally by hand with pliers.
Types of Fish: cod, haddock, mackerel, pollock, salmon, trout, whiting
Steak, darnes and troncons
These are terms for cutting portions right through the bone from the whole of a round fish.
Types of Fish: cod, hake, salmon
Suprêmes
These are cuts from large fillets or loins of fish yielding a thick boneless portion.
Types of Fish: cod, haddock, marlin, pollock, salmon, swordfish, tuna